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Source: Jì Shēng Fāng 济生方

Ingredients:

• Fù zǐ (附子 Aconiti Radix Lateralis Praeparata, aconite [accessory root]) (blast–fried) 3–6g
• Gān jiāng (干姜 Zingiberis Rhizoma, dried ginger) 3–6g
• Bái zhú (白朮 Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, white atractylodes [root]) 9–12g
• Fú líng (茯苓 Poria , poria) 9–12g
• Dà fù pí (大腹皮 Arecae Pericarpium, areca husk) 9–12g
• Mù guā (木瓜 Chaenomelis Fructus, chaenomeles [fruit]) 6–9g
• Hòu pò (厚朴 Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, officinal magnolia bark) 3–6g
• Cǎo dòu kòu (草豆蔻 Alpiniae Katsumadai Semen, Katsumadai galangal seed) 3–6g
• Mù xiāng (木香 Aucklandiae Radix, costusroot) 3–9g
• Gān cǎo (甘草 Glycyrrhizae Radix, licorice [root]) 3–6g
• Shēng jiāng (生姜 Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, fresh ginger) 3–5g
• Dà zǎo (大枣 Jujubae Fructus, jujube) 3–5 pieces

Action: Warms yáng and fortifies the spleen; moves qì and disinhibits water.

Indication: Yáng vacuity water swelling with distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, physical fatigue and laziness to eat, lack of warmth in the extremities, absence of thirst, duck-stool diarrhea, and clear scant urine. Tongue fur: Moist and slimy. Pulse: Sunken and slow.

Category: Dampness-dispelling formulas / Water-damp warming and transforming formula

Method: Decoct with water.

Rationale: Fú líng not only disinhibits water and percolates damp but also fortifies the spleen and supplements the center. Bái zhú fortifies the spleen and boosts qì, as well as moving the spleen and drying dampness. These two agents work effectively to treat water swelling attributable to spleen vacuity with exuberant dampness. Gān jiāng and Cǎo guǒ warm and move spleen yáng, enable it to move and transform water-damp. Fù zǐ warms and supplements spleen promoting the transformation action of kidney qì and thereby disinhibiting water. Dà fù pí, Hòu pò, and Mù xiāng move qì and thus help to move water. Mù guā transforms turbidity. Shēng jiāng, Dà zǎo, and Zhì gān cǎo stimulate spleen yáng.

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